Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,280, Josiah Finney, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Finney, Josiah
NUMBER
S. 15280
CONTENTS
carded.

Ohio - Pittsburgh Connecticut 9218
Josiah Finney
of Warren in the State of Conn. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Beebe of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ward. in the Conn. Militia for
11. Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 36. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. day of Ap. 1837. and sent to A. P. Perry Litchfield. Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of March 37. 73. 32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 37. 18. 33.
$ 91. 65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis T. Francis Clerk, Book C. Vol. 3 d Page 13.
Rev the Pen Agt D Sept 1840
To Ohio - Pittsburgh from 4 Sep 1839. 16 Sep 1840. Notification to B. F. Huffman Warner. Trum- bull County. Ohio
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt Notified 24 Dec 1840
Paid as above from 4 th Sept 1840 to the 4 th March 1841. Agt notified April 16 th 1842

State of Connecticut Litchfield County } Probate Court } District of Kent. } ss. at Kent.
On this 2 nd day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Nathaniel P. Perry Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid, holding and constituting said Court, now sitting. Josiah Hovey Esq. of Warren Litchfield County State of Connecticut, was residing, in said Warren, aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress June 7 th 1832. That he was born the 6 th January 1756, in the town of Kent now Warren, occupying that part of Kent in which he was born. He has no record of his age. was living in said Warren when called into service, has lived there ever since, and resides & lives there now. That sometime in the month of January 1776 he volunteered or enlisted at Warren, into a Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Beebe & then entered the service of the United States, Lieutenant

-ante Mass. of Litchfield & John Bliss of Warren. Ward was Colonel of his Regiment, went to New York City and remained at Brooklyn & the City of New York until he was discharged the 18 th day of March 1776, and then owing to the wants of men he remained as volunteer in said service about three weeks longer, had no written discharge
In 1776 the last of May a 1 st of June, He enlisted into the Company of Capt Ebenezer Cook in Warren then part of Kent. Lieutenants John Remson of Kent & John Bliss of Warren then a part of Kent. Then marched to Bennington Ct. and there encamped for about a month. Then marched to Whitehall remained there about three months then marched to Mount Independence, Ticonderoga, and was there discharged the last of November by a discharge read at the head of the regiment, no written discharge, and that he enlisted for and served, six months in the said service of the United States.
That in August, or first part of September 1777 (and was the same year when Fort Montgomery was taken near Westpoint) He entered the service of the United States, and was drafted at that time out of Capt Carters

Company of Warren then a part of Kent. Went from Warren to Cumb ponds to join his company at John A. Hoyts Tavern. Justus Sackett his Captain, and nine others were drafted at the same time, Augustine - Curtis, Timothy Beeman, and others whom he does not remember were among the number. From Cumb ponds he went to Peekskill. The day after Fort Montgomery was taken He started up Hudson River went on through Fishkill, Poughkeepsie to Red Hook and was sick with the measles at the House of Hans Moryers home in Red Hook, a Dutchman, and was discharged at Red Hook, had no written discharge. That he served at this time for the period of three months according to the best of his recollection. It might have been two months instead of three
That he has no Documentary evidence or other testimony than accompanying this Deposition and is herewith enclosed that he can procure
That Horner Sackett, Benjamin Sackett, Sherman Heartwell, Col Augustus Coleman, Dan Carter, are persons to whom he the said Finney is well known in his neighborhood where he now resides and ever has resided and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services

as a Soldier of the Revolution.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Josiah Finney
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court Frederick Whittenden
Clerk of Court

The State of Ohio Trumbull County On this thirteenth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty before me, the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Trumbull personally appeared Israel Finney who on his oath, says that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Thuniger Greech in the Regiment commanded by Col. Hessner. I with in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Connecticut from which he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Connecticut to Ohio. Some of the his children reside in Ohio and he wishes to live with them the remainder of his days. Basil D. Deming Justice of the Peace
Sworn and subscribed to before me this day and year Basil D. Deming Justice of the Peace
Trumbull County Also personally appeared before me Basil D. Deming a Justice of the Peace for said County of Trumbull and Sally Finney who being duly sworn on her oath says that Israel Finney above named who has taken the above oath is the identical person as mentioned in the above affidavit. Sarah Finney
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of August A.D. 1840 Basil D. Deming Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Trumbull County
I John Hutchinson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do Certify that Buell Fleming Esq. signed the within affidavits, and made before whom the within affidavits were made, and who took the within Acknowledgment was at at the time of taking and sub- scribing the same, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn-
In testimony whereof I herunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Warren the 25. day of August A.D. 1840
John Hutchinson Clerk By J. S. Fuller Deputy

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL
October 23, 1929
Mrs. H.W. Chehook 732 Bowery Street Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.15280, it appears that Josiah Finney was born January 6, 1756, in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, that part which was later Warren.
While a resident of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted January 1, 1776, and served about three months as a private in Captain Bazaleel Bebee's Company, Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted about June 1, 1776, and served six months as a private in Captain Ebenezer Couch's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in September, 1777, at which time he belonged to Captain Carter's Company, of Kent, Connecticut, and served two or three months as a private in Captain Justus Sacket's Connecticut Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

August 2, 1832 while living in Warren (the part which was formerly Kent), Connecticut.
In 1840, in Trumbull County, Ohio, soldier stated that he had moved from Connecticut to Ohio because some of his children were living there but he did not give their names, nor is the name of his wife shown.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Thomas Champlin as described by you or to Tiber Palmer.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

1926- Oct. 1- Hist. to Mrs. R. Winnipeg - MMHF 1929- Oct 23- Hist. to Mrs H. N. Chekhovitch
✓ 15,280 INVALID.
File No. 15,280
Josiah Finney Priv. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Connecticut } Probate Court Simsbury County } District of Kent.
On this 11 th day of February A D 1833 Edward appeared Before Nathaniel Perry Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid Josiah Finney of Mans in said County and is the same individual Josiah Finney who made the declaration herein attached and returned, and now in open Court, now sitting doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That as to his last term of service specified in his declaration of the 2 nd of August A D 1832, he says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot positively swear as to the precise length of his service then but according to the best of his recollection he served as a private not less than three months, and in all of his services rendered in the United States service referring to the period of the war mentioned in the first declaration of his as a private attending to said recollection he served not less than Eleven months and three weeks.
That there is no clergyman except a young man who now lives in his vicinity, & has lived there

but a few years and cannot be acquainted with his reputation for years gone by. That of all clergymen were living. They said he perceived to certify fully to the fact of his the Declarants reputation as a recruiting soldier. That the only clergymen Peter Ware who was in the vicinity of the declarant for a great many years and who knew that he sustained such reputation, is now dead — That Augustine Curtis whose deposition is herewith returned and who swears to the declarants service, has had his claim under the act of Congress, 7 June 1832, allowed and his name entered on the Rolls, but Curtis is now deceased —
Josiah Finney
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Frederick Chittenden Clerk of the Court.
And the said Court does hereby certify that it appears to the Court that no clergymen who could be expected to know the reputation of the Applicant as a Rec- ruiting soldier, is living, and the Court is of opinion fully that the said Josiah Finney did swear as he has stated in his declaration that Augustine

truth, who is now dead but whose deposition is herewith returned was a man of unblemished and irreproachable character of undoubted truth, and is to be believed.
That Lebedea Hindlevent whose deposition is also returned has always sustained a good character for truth & veracity, & is to be believed
I Frederick Chittenden Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in connection with those herewith returned & attached, in the matter of the application of Josiah Farnes for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 11 th day of February A.D. 1833.
Frederick Chittenden Clerk of said Court
I Nathaniel P. Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid do certify that Frederick Chittenden is Clerk of said Court duly sworn & qualified. That the signature purporting to be his to any and all of these papers are his & are genuine and true. & I further certify that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court.
Nathaniel P. Perry Judge

Free Capt of War Washington P. 6

Kent Co. Feby 12. 1833.
Sir,
It is the request of all the applicants who have made their declarations before the Court of Probate for the District of Kent, that their papers be sent to Mr Perry Esq, or to
Yours Most Sert
Frank Shillaber

No 5230 5230.
Declaration of Isaiah Heiney in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

I Samuel Hawes of Warren, Litchfield County and State of Connecticut Eighty years of age being duly sworn do testify and say that in the year 1776 in June at Warren Josiah Finney Esquire of said Warren was an applicant for a pension under act of congress June 7. 1832 enlisted in the service of the United States at said Warren into the same company in which I served commanded by Captain Ebenezer Borch, went to Bennington, from there to Skene- borough now called Whitehall, where we were stationed about three months. Thence went to Mount Independence, Liconayoga. He the said Finney served in said service as I well remember from six to seven months. We served during the whole campaign together
Samuel Hawes
State of Connecticut } Probate Court Litchfield County } District of Kent ss at Kent
Be it remembered that on this

2 nd day of August AD 1832 In open Court before Nathaniel P. Perry the Hon. Judge of said Court personally app- -eared Samuel Hawes subscribing to the foregoing deposition & made sol- -emn oath to the truth of the same — The said Hawes is a credible Witness and possesses a good char- -acter for truth & veracity.
Frederick Whittenden Clerk of Court

I Augustine Curtis of the Town of Warren Litchfield County State of Connecticut aged Seventy years being duly sworn according to Law, do upon testify and say That in the first part of September A D 1777 about three or four weeks before Fort Mont- gomery was taken, Josiah Finney of said Warren now an applicant for a pen- sion, entered into the service of the United States, and was drafted with myself and of the Company of Captain Carter, he with myself marched under Captain Justus Sackett several others were drafted from the same place at the same time we both went to Cumbponds to join his Company and Bil- leted at John Hoyts tavern, then we went to Pechskill. Soon after the British took Fort Montgomery, we marched up the river, the British were then making their way up the Hudson, we passed through P'keepsie to Redhook. The said Finney had the measles at Redhook. The said Finney served at this time for the term of two months perhaps three. That I have ever been

acquainted with the said Kinney since I was born.
Augustan County
State of Tennessee & Probate Court Linn County & District of Kent ss, at Kent
Be it remembered that on this 2 nd day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before Nathaniel P. Henry the Hon. Judge of the Court of Probate of the District of Kent aforesaid, Augustine Curtrip subscribes to the foregoing deposition and in open Court, made solemn oath to the truth of the same. The said Curtrip is a credible witness and sustains a good character for truth & honesty. Frederick Mittenauer Clerk of Court

I Lebedee Sturtevant of the Town of Kent Litchfield County and State of Connecticut - aged Seventy four years. Truly sworn according to Law, do testify and say, that I have ever been acquainted with Jonah Finney Esquire of Warren in said County, an applicant for a pension under act of Congress June 7. 1832... since he was a small boy, to the present day. I well remem- ber that the said Finney enlisted at Warren then a part of Kent, into the Company commanded by Capt. Barzeliel Beebe on or about the 1 st day of January A D 1776. Lieutenants John Bliss & ... Mason in the Service of the United States, that I was an enlisted soldier in the same Company & marched with him to New York City then joined the army under Col. Ward Gen Lord Sterling, was the Genl. Spent the time in New York & Brooklyn. Built a Fort on the heights of Brooklyn. That he enlisted for two months and served the whole time and two or three weeks over as a volunteer. He and myself Billeted in the same house together during the whole term.
That sometime the last of May or first of June 1776 the said Jonah Finney Esq. & myself both entered

The Service of the United States, by enlisting into the Company commanded by Capt Ebenezer Cook at St. Louis now Warren  Atkins , March 10 th Bennington joined the Regiment there, went from there to Skeneborough, was there while there remained about three months from there went to Mount Independence, Licondroga, & there he served with myself until the last of November 1876, the said Service was terminate with myself almost the whole term of his service which was six months, or over, perhaps seven months, we enlisted the same day and were both discharged together, The Discharge was read at the head of the Regiment & no specific discharge was given, in witness
Zebedee Sturtevant
State of Connecticut } Probate Court Litchfield County } District of Kent. p at Kent —
Be it Remembered that on this 2 nd day of August A.D. 1832 Zebedee Sturtevant subscribed to the foregoing deposition personally appeared before Nathaniel D. Perry Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Kent aforesaid and in open Court made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained. The Court certifies that the witness is a credible person, and maintains a good character for truth & honesty.
Frederick Chittenden Clerk of Court.

We Benjamin Carter and George Starr of Warren. Litchfield County and State of Connecticut hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonah Himmey Esq. who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Chosen to and subscribed the day 1 year aforesaid.
Benjamin Carter George Starr
And the said Court do hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War Department, that the foregoing applicant was a Revolution- ary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that to prevent a clergyman would be

attended with considerable time and expense and trouble, and that Benjamin Barker & George Stern who signed the preceding certificate are evidence in said matter, are men sustaining an good & respectable character as any the the John of Warren, an credible person and that this statement is entitled to full credit, that the oaths were duly administered to them them and to the Applicants.
I Frederick Chittenden Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent Yours & do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Kinney Esquire for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 2 day of August A.D. 1832.
Frederick Chittenden Clerk of said Court

I Nathaniel P. Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven do hereby certify that Frederick Chittenden is Clerk of said Court & that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is his own genuine signature & handwriting He signed the same and affixed the seal which is the seal of said Court. & that he is duly authorized and empowered so to do, and that all of his signatures purporting to be his attached to these papers are his & genuine & full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2 nd day of August A.D. 1832, at New Haven.
Nathaniel P. Perry Judge

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
25 January 1833.
SIR :
I return herewith the papers in support of the claim s of the person s whose name s  is hereto annexed. This
These papers are in several respects defective. Each case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the application s sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards case of Josiah Finney
To Mr. Josiah Finney Warren Litchfield County Conn.

Josiah Finney
5. 10. 11.
11 us p pwrato
36. 66
N. B. Perry
C. Kent Clamworth 65
Warren
Litchfield Co. N.Y.
Con.
United States
5230.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Josiah Finney which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Not in the last term VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
No

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes. XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
On returning this claim you will please to accompany it with this brief

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 2, 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Josiah Finney, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Agency, at the rate of Thirty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward N. Patten
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 16 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Josiah Finney, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 9 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1839, to the 1 st March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Alison B. Laming
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Sept 1. 1820
Mr Evans
J. S.
Charles
Esq.
Mount of Pleasant Hobkirk Hill
Heads

Warren Trumbull Co. Ohio Aug 26. 1840.
Sir
I send you enclosed the Application of Josiah Tenny, a pensioner, to be transferred to the Agency for Ohio. Yours Respectfully P. P. Hoffmann
J. S. Edwards Esq Mdm & of Pensions

Sept 8. 40
Mr. Ewing
J. J. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Pension Agency Hartford Sept 5. 1840
Sir
In answer to your enquiry as to what time Josiah Finney a Pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the Act of 7 June 1832 at $6. 66 100 dollars per annum was last paid. I have to inform you that he has been paid to the 4 th day of September 1839
I am very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
J. H. Penny Agt.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissr of Pension Washington

Iowa City Iowa
Aug. 24 th 1929.
Pension Bureau.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs.
Will you please send me the information filed for Josiah Finney at the time he drew his pension in 1832. from Litchfield Co. Connecticut. His wife's name & children's names place of enlistment etc.
I also wish the Pension information in regard to Tiber Palmer born in 1738. May 31st at Ferrishung Vt. if he was a Rev. soldier.
The information also of Thomas Champlin  Palmer born about 1759. at at is buried in Champlin Hill Cemetery. Ferrishung Vermont. His wife is Sarah. I am not sure these last two are pensioners but if so please send the pension certificates.

If there are charges please send bill & I will remit at once.
Mrs. H. W. Chehock 732 Bowery St. Iowa City, Iowa.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
100000
July 19, 1926
Mrs. R. Winnagle 117 Belmont St., Warren, OHIO
Madam:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Jesse Gates and Joshua Finney , or of Asa Andrews who served from Connecticut. You are requested to furnish any information you may have in your possession relative to the alleged pension of Joshua Finney .
Name should have been written "Josiah" Finney. This man was in list of pensioners 1832 residing in Litchfield Ct. Conn. in the Revolution. Page 653.
Respectfully, Winfield Scott WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
I will much appreciate any information contained in the records relative to "Josiah" Finney. Respectfully, Mrs. R. Winnagle
She wrote it - Josiah, her ancestor

mmmsf
October September 1, 1936
Mrs. R. Winnagle 117 Belmont St., Warren, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15280 it appears that Josiah Finney was born January 6, 1756 in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, that part which was later Warren.
While a resident of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut he enlisted January 1, 1776 and served about three months as a private in Captain Bazaleel Bebee's Company, Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted about June 1, 1776 and served six months as a private in Captain Ebenezer Couch's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in September 1777, at which time he belonged to Captain Carter's Company, of Kent, Connecticut, and served two or three months as private in Captain Justus Sacket's Connecticut Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1832 while living in Warren(the part which was formerly Kent), Connecticut, In 1840, in Trumbull County,

Ohio, soldier stated that he had moved from Connecticut to Ohio because some of his children were living there, but he did not give their names.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.